Lowland Anoa (Bubalus depressicornis)

less reading, more pets!

hater of socks

to me, the funniest thing about “that’s rough buddy” isn’t the fact that sokka says something patently insane with zero context seemingly out of nowhere, or the fact that zuko clearly doesn’t know how to respond. it’s the completely incorrect use of the word “buddy.” zuko would obviously like to be friends with sokka, but sokka is not, in fact, his friend. this is the most time they’ve ever spent together, and it’s because zuko invited himself to tag along on sokka’s suicide mission. at this point in the episode, sokka still hates this guy, perhaps less than he did a week ago, but he still hates him enough that he didn’t bother forcing zuko to stay home, which means he still didn’t really care whether or not zuko lives or dies. which, considering that he had tried to kill zuko multiple times in the past, is not all that surprising. this entire episode is essentially just zuko forcing his friendship onto sokka while sokka is legitimately too depressed to care. so when zuko calls sokka “buddy,” there’s a spirit of dogged optimism characterizing that epithet, because in no possible realm would sokka consider zuko his buddy at this point in the episode. and that’s something we miss when noting the iconicness of this exchange, simply because, by the end of this episode, they are buddies, so in our minds looking back on these lines, the implication of friendship doesn’t feel out of place at all. and really, it isn’t out of place, but only because zuko’s tenacity and determination (in this instance, his determination to befriend sokka) has always hugely outweighed his ability to read the room.

Watercolor sequences by Joanna Blémont

I know I shouldn't really be surprised that plastic recycling is a scam by the petrochemical industry to hobble momentum toward legislation limiting the production of plastics, but it's still really depressing.

It had to be a rabbit. But it looks like a hare for some reason x)

Next up: the heron! Another from this series.

love wins 🐛🐛🐛 (comic below cut)

i think falin should have a bug room. as a treat.

mirror palais

"This Will Matter"

7x8.5", ink, watercolor, colored pencil. 2024.

I’m still new to DMing but here’s one of my favorite NPCs so far, Theo the totally normal half-elf priest 

I got recognized by not one but two different departments (Aquariums and Training/Enrichment) at work for their "Exceptional Service" awards tonight! And I got to wear the most excellent skirt I own while doing it. Definitely going out with a bang!

I really should not try to add 'create video content, a thing I have never done before' to my cicada plans when I've already got a lot of other stuff to keep track of but I do kinda want to on account of I do wanna try eating some and I'm really annoyed that almost everything I could find about doing that is framed as 'WOOOAAHH EEEUUUGH you can EAT?? these HUGE DISGUSTING BUGS???? watch me EAT some BUGS OOOAAHHHH' like okay I get it we live in the culture we live in but there's really not even one video on this from the perspective of approaching entomophagy in the spirit of sincere openness and curiosity??